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26.01.2023

Splitting tasks at L.I.T.

The German logistics provider L.I.T. is restructuring its offering for the automotive sector and consolidating its portfolio of contract logistics services for automotive suppliers and OEMs in a newly created company called...

26.01.2023

New tenders for concessions in Bilbao

A new opportunity on the Iberian Peninsula is on the horizon. The Port Authority of Bilbao has decided to call for tenders for the construction and operation of a container terminal on the Central Quay Santurtzi. The Central...

25.01.2023

Testing parcel deliveries by rail

GLS Germany is currently testing parcel deliveries by rail. In a pilot project running until the end of January 2023, up to 1,000 parcels a day will be sent by train from Nuremberg to Hanover. Work is already underway to expand...

25.01.2023

DB Schenker orders 100 e-trucks

DB Schenker has signed an agreement with commercial vehicle manufacturer Man for the purchase of new Man e-trucks. The logistics services provider is planning to add 100 new Man lowliners and swap body trucks to its fleet by...

25.01.2023

"BeOne": the focal point of a digitisation hub

Nova Systems and Levia Group are joining forces and consolidating their portfolios of software solutions for international shipping, transportation, customs and logistics. The main player in the new partnership is the ERP...

25.01.2023

Challenge Airlines: first flight from Istanbul today

Challenge Group is starting the new year as it means to go on, with an historic, inaugural Challenge Airlines flight out of Istanbul, Turkey, today 25 January 2023. The freighter will carry a mix of Turkey’s main export products:...

25.01.2023

Militzer & Münch: new management team in Germany

Militzer & Münch Group has completed the restructuring of its business activities in Germany. Since 1 January 2023, Holger Seehusen, Thomas Winter and Viola Rockelmann have been sharing the leadership of M&M Militzer...

25.01.2023

Shortening turnaround times

Wagon owner Ermewa, workshop and wagon builder Inveho and the French research institute for railway technology IRT Railenium have launched their joint research and innovation project Maintenance 4.0 (M4.0). The aim is to...

25.01.2023

Torrestir joins European network

The Portuguese company Torrestir, which among other things can rely on a fleet of about 1,600 company-owned trucks including drivers, will join the European network Cargo Line in its own country as from February 2023. In...

25.01.2023

Mixed results for Strasbourg in 2022

The Ports de Strasbourg (PAS) on the Rhine saw its throughput dropping to 7.6 million t in 2022 compared to 2021. Overall results were affected by a 8.9 % decline in river traffic, due to low water periods in the summer and the...

25.01.2023

Fiata welcomes new vice chairs for CAI and REU

Fiata has elected Samir J. Shah and Tomas Arvidsson as Customs Affairs Institute (CAI) and Region Europe (REU) vice chairmen, respectively. Shah is a past chairman and advisor to FFFAI - Federation of Freight Forwarders...

25.01.2023

Extension in Emmerich

Logistics services provider Fiege has added 32,000 sqm of logistics space to its location in Emmerich am Rhein, Germany. The site lies on the Rhine near the German-Dutch border and in the immediate vicinity of the Emmerich...

25.01.2023

Ordering fifteen new units in three months

Grimaldi has extended the agreement that try Holdings CMI) in late October 2022. In addition to the construction of five new PCTC (pure car & truck carrier) vessels, the group has exercised the option for another five...

25.01.2023

ECS Group expands training portfolio

Professional training and life-long-learning are a winning combination for a successful career in business. That's why "Discover", the in-house training platform of ECS Group launched in September 2020, now offers over...

25.01.2023

ONE tightens links to Latin America

Ocean Network Express (ONE) is introducing a new Altiplano Service (ATS), which is scheduled to commence in February 2023. Connecting Arica and Iquique, Chile, from Callao, Peru, the new ATS service provides an extended coverage...

25.01.2023

Sandrine Laurent promoted to secretary general

Sandrine Laurent joined Dunkerque-Port in March 2022 as director of human resources. She has now been promoted to secretary general. She will be in charge of CSR policy, legal affairs and the quality approach, and will also...

25.01.2023

LNG trucks help reduce carbon emissions

Arla Foods has taken delivery of seven new Volvo FM LNG 6x2 tractor units. The UK’s biggest dairy cooperative currently views bio-LNG (liquified natural gas) as the best option to improve the sustainability of its commercial...

25.01.2023

Bridging the African gap

Ethiopian Airlines Group (ET) has partnered with Mailamericas (MA), a private postal operator and gold member of the consultive committee for the Universal Postal Union, to develop competitive cross border ecommerce services...

25.01.2023

"Curiosity of the Day"

For director Michael Anderson’s "Around the world in 80 days" (1956), more animals were used than for any other movie: some 90 animal trainers were required to care for the 855 unusual extras.

25.01.2023

Third market for Amazon Air

Amazon Air is now high up in the clouds in India. The group is the first e-commerce company in the country to establish its own dedicated air cargo network to fly across Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Delhi, and Mumbai. It provides the...